Book of Abraham/Church Hides Book of Abraham Info (1998-2003)

Publications Mentioning/Addressing Book of Abraham Controversies



A FAIR Analysis of: Publications Addressing and/or Mentioning Book of Abraham Controversies, a work by author: Various

LDS-authored publications which address and/or mention Book of Abraham controversies (1998-2004)

1999

  • John Gee, "A History of the Joseph Smith Papyri and Book of Abraham," FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, March 3, 1999
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Abrahamic Lore in Support of the Book of Abraham," FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, March 10, 1999
  • John Gee, "The Ancient Owners of the Joseph Smith Papyri," FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, March 17, 1999
  • Michael P. Lyon, "Appreciating Hypocephali as Works of Art and Faith," FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, March 24, 1999
  • Hugh Nibley, "Abraham's Creation Drama," FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, April 6, 1999; subsequently published as: *Hugh Nibley, "Abraham's Temple Drama," in The Temple in Time and Eternity, eds. Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999), 1–42; and again, in Hugh Nibley, Eloquent Witness: Nibley on Himself, Others, and the Temple, ed. Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: FARMS, 2008).

2000

  • Robert K. Ritner, "The Breathing Permit of Hor, Thirty-Four Years Later," Dialogue 33, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 97–119.
  • John Gee, "Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence of the Joseph Smith Papyri," in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, eds. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000), 175–217.
  • John Gee, A Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000).
  • Edward H. Ashment, "Joseph Smith's Identification of Abraham in Papyrus JS 1, the Breathing Permit of Hor," Dialogue 33, no. 4 (Winter 2000):121–126.
  • Church Educational System, The Pearl of Great Price Student Manual (Religion 327) (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2000).
  • Hugh Nibley, Abraham in Egypt (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000).
    • The Book of Abraham and the Book of the Dead
    • Joseph Smith and the Sources
    • Joseph Smith and the Critics
    • Setting the Stage--The World of Abraham
    • The Rivals
    • Pharaoh and Abraham: Where Is Thy Glory?
    • The Sacrifice of Isaac
    • The Sacrifice of Sarah
    • All the Courts a Stage: Facsimile 3, A Royal Mumming
    • A Pioneer Mother
    • The Trouble with Ham
    • The Deseret Connection
    • Conclusion: A Rough Recapitulation

2001

  • Hugh Nibley, "Approach to John Gee, Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri: A Review of 'A Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri' by John Gee," FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 63–64.
  • Richard P. Howard, "A Tentative Approach to the Book of Abraham," Dialogue 34, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 55–60.
  • John Tvedtnes, "Abraham and the Urim and Thummim," Insights 21, no. 8 (2001).
  • John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, and Brian M. Hauglid, Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2001).
  • John Gee and Stephen D. Ricks, "Historical Plausibility: The Historicity of the Book of Abraham as a Case Study," in Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, ed. Paul Hoskisson, (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, BYU, 2001), 63–98.
  • Ray Huntington and Keith J. Wilson, "From Kirtland, Ohio to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies," Religious Educator 2, no. 1 (2001): 95–104.
  • John Gee, "Towards an Interpretation of Hypocephali," in Le lotus qui sort du terre: Melanges offerts a Edith Varga (Budapest, Hungary: Bulletin du Musee Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplement, 2001), 325–334.

2002

  • Benjamin McGuire, "Responding to Errors in an Anti-Mormon Film: The Lost Book of Abraham: Investigating a Remarkable Mormon Claim," (FAIR, 2002).
  • Kerry Shirts on the Book of Abraham Video from I.R.R., FAIR Conference, Salt Lake City, April 8, 2002
  • Michael D. Rhodes, The Hor Book of Breathings: A Translation and Commentary, Studies in the Book of Abraham 2 (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2002)

2003

  • Brian Hauglid, "Nibley's Abraham in Egypt: Laying the Foundation for Abraham Research: A Review of 'Abraham in Egypt' by Hugh Nibley," FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 87–90.
  • Robert K. Ritner, "The Breathing Permit of Hor" Among the Joseph Smith Papyri," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62, no. 3 (2003):161–180. This publication is a slight revision (added illustrations) of Ritner's 2000 article entitled "The Breathing Permit of Hor, Thirty-Four Years Later" in Dialogue, as cited above.
  • E. Douglas Clark, "A Powerful New Resource for Studying the Book of Abraham: A Review of 'Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham' by John A. Tvedtnes, Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee," FARMS Review 15, no. 1:91–95.
  • Michael D. Rhodes, "Teaching the Book of Abraham Facsimiles," Religious Educator 4, no. 2 (2003): 115–123.
  • Michael D. Rhodes, A Response to the Video "The Lost Book of Abraham: Investigating a Remarkable Mormon Claim," (video link, per FAIR Conference).
  • Michael D. Rhodes, "The Book of Abraham: Dealing with the Critics," FAIR Conference 2003.
  • Hugh Nibley, "Pearl of Great Price Lecture Series," FARMS, 2003.
    • Restoring What Was Lost
    • Allegory and Rhetoric
    • Literalism
    • Preexistence
    • Cosmology
    • The Creation
    • The Council
    • The Council According to the Shabako Stone
    • The Shabako Stone Continued
    • The Babylon Creation
    • The Human Condition
    • The Plurality of Worlds
    • The Pearl of Great Price on the Plurality of Worlds
    • Treasures in Heaven
    • The Geological Problem

2004

  • Daniel C. Peterson and Matthew Roper, "Ein Heldenleben? On Thomas Stuart Ferguson as an Elias for Cultural Mormons: A Review of 'Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon' by Stan Larson," FARMS Review 16/1:175–220 (see pgs 179-188 for discussion on the Book of Abraham).
  • Larry E. Morris, "The Book of Abraham: Ask the Right Questions and Keep On Looking: A Review of "The Breating Permit of Hor' Thirty-Four Years Later" by Robert K. Ritner, Dialogue 33/4 (2000):97–119," FARMS Review 16/2:355–380.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Prelude to the Pearl: Sweeping Events Leading to the Discovery of the Book of Abraham," Prelude to the Restoration: From Apostasy to the Restored Church, The 33rd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004), 130–141.
  • Michael Ash and Kevin Barney, "The ABC's of the Book of Abraham," FAIR Conference, 2004.